to the sound made by the sémi,-or, rather, to the sensation which the sound produced within the poet's mind. The names attached to the following examples

a composer of hokku, has left us this na?ve record of the feelings

oppressed by the greatness of

i at

kira

u-m

tes the heat until I wish to cut do

the sémi grow fainter and fainter in the time of the autumn winds,

ni-n

su ba

no s

here s

sing

sémi of

passage about a Japanese house,-describing the old dry woodwork as impregnated with sonority by the shrilli

Dans les traits de crayon qui représentent les boiseries, il n'y a pas la précision minutieuse avec laquelle elles sont ouvragées, ni leur antiquité extrêm

u no

komu

no

ood of the

s to

ce of t

athize with the complaints of the poets, one must have heard certain varieties of Japanese cicad? in full midsummer

é h

yō n

no

un

nly I,-I alone

h heat!-oh, the n

iro

mu yō

no

of

he sémi!-a pain of

's grasp,-caught by

no Ka

o yama

no

iko

ty's ears?-how can t

to exist?-oh, th

o n

a ya

no

ar

he heat: the ceasele

ng of fire, up to th

kar

wo fu

no

en

op: the chorus o

s hiss,-the rush an

éro

mata

no

it

g clouds!-again th

swells,-ever in

a ki

ugok

no

af

he bark he clung; b

a leaf-oh! the n

ari

i niku

no

uka

émi that sit and shr

of mine is hated n

ind another poet compassionati

wa

ni su

-ki

hō

now your lot,-every breath of air

f the sémi is describ

i n

ni u

mo

ōy

wood quivers wit

noise-never a

ni

yori

no

get

nter-snow the voic

bend under the weigh

inspiration in the spectacle of bamboos bending

ogo

ya ug

i no

ogether, the mu

aseless clamor, eve

uno

u yō

no

ija

e seems to quake wit

s compared to the noi

aka

tsu s

shi

st heat, how simmers

té

bakar

no

ai

e air with sib

g sense,-a sound o

f the multitude of the noise-make

tak

hibi

no

rees, in each rings t

ubar

i wa k

no

en

r miles into the

e sémi shrilled it

ject is treated with

té

i mo f

no

bigger [thicker] than t

tak

omo s

ru

e, the voice of the sém

na

wa mi

hi k

voice and how short

ve form of pleasure following u

ni

ni mo

mi k

ay

se, and the fireflies come ou

no

uzush

u no

ija

eir storm, oh, how ref

ounds the musical s

ong about the matsu no ko?, in which the onomatope "zazanza" very

za

tsu no

za

za

za

the pines o

za

anz

eling produced by the noise of sémi depends altog

no

hiki

uki

sus

e sound; sometimes,

est-sémi accords wit

shis

a mo

ro k

uh

g-place of the sémi;-sometimes we thin

ush

a, su

no

in

voice of the sémi is cool (that i

der may be surprised to learn that out of sémi-skins there used to be made in both Ch

s, proves that sémi-m

iroi

ko no

mori

no ko

ne's own child as the voice of a s

another versio

iroi

o no n

-séga

yori

he chanting of the s?tra in the service for the dead." The Bud

equently the sémi is represented as

wo

nichi

no

ik

rill! So, from e

ay he cries for

tsu

ni i

sém

ish

e to cry till the nig

that class of ditties commonly sung by geisha. Merely as a conceit, I think it pretty, in spite of the f

ni tat

matsu

itsuk

bak

my jealo

émi on the

ly cry a

ruer bit of work, according to Japanese art-

hit

no y

aé-

most pine, a s

to clasp one las